Hard News by Russell Brown

I for one am offended by my long time personal protest of dipping a teabag in water to protest about being a taxpayer but not having a vote (I lived in the US for 20 years but never took citizenship), not even for the local school board, coopted by a bunch of johnny-come-lately wingers who don't really seem to understand what that whole Boston tea party thing was all about.

NZ's sensible idea of letting everyone who's a resident (and therefore a taxpayer) vote is so much more civilised.

I've posted the rest of this guide here on Public Address System

I was wonderin'.

NZ's sensible idea of letting everyone who's a resident (and therefore a taxpayer) vote is so much more civilised.

And almost unique. Plus, no-one's really sure why we did it.

And because of CIR, it means any Australian here on an extended holiday around the election can vote!

And, of course, that would be CER.

NZ's sensible idea of letting everyone who's a resident (and therefore a taxpayer) vote is so much more civilised.

I'm still amused by the time that United Future candidate was actually elected to Parliament before someone noticed she wasn't a citizen. You'd think someone would have noticed over the election period, but....no. You'd think *she* would have read the rules about candidacy, but....no. It's all so laissez-faire. I love it.